Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has held onto his South West Surrey seat, albeit with a chunk taken out of his majority by GP Louise Irvine who came second.

Former Tory Government health minister Ben Gummer also failed to be re-elected as the MP for Ipswich, losing to Labour’s Sandy Martin, while former Coalition Government health minister Jane Ellison’s Battersea constituency was one of the first key Conervative losses when it was declared for Labour’s Marsha de Cordova at around 1am.

It is widely expected that Prime Minister will attempt to form a minority Government with the backing of Northern Ireland’s DUP.

Most GP leaders have yet to react to the election result but former RCGP chair and London GP Professor Clare Gerada told Pulse she feared the situation of a hung Parliament would cause difficulties for the UK in negotiating its exit from the EU.

She said: 'I think the problem is Brexit. I think we need leaders who put the country ahead of party and of their ego.'

Adding that UK politics are now 'in a mess', she said: 'I think Labour should form the Government and have a unity across, policy by policy.'

Readers' comments (5)

What goes around, what comes around
This whole election reminded me of the champions league final 2005 when AC Milan was leading LFC 3:0 after first 45 minutes . AC was underestimating LFC and the result was a classic in history.
Obviously, Tory is still largest party and Labour did not really win. But this is life , full of 'certainties' as well as unpredictabilities.
Happy that my father in law listened to me and put 40 quid on hung parliament in bookies......